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Overall rates of new cancer diagnoses have declined in each of six Asian groups in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area, researchers have written in a new special report. At the same time, the researchers saw up to tenfold differences in the rates of new diagnoses among the groups studied.

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Following estimates in the 55th edition of Cancer Facts & Figures, the Bay Area has seen a decrease in the number of new cancers diagnosed and the number of deaths from cancer. The downward trend began around 1999, falling from 27,503 new cancer cases to 26,716 in 2002.

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A research scientist at the Northern California Cancer Center has recently collaborated with colleagues at the Asian Liver Center at Stanford University on two papers that demonstrate the effectiveness of culturally aligned interventions that may help reduce the disproportionate burden of chronic HBV infection and liver cancer among Asian/Pacific Islander Americans.

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Rates of colorectal cancer screening among Vietnamese Americans are lower than those in non-Hispanic whites. The Northern California Cancer Center recommends the development of culturally-specific communication tools to better educate minority populations about cancer.

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Vietnamese nail salon workers suffer from acute health effects associated with the chemicals they use in their work, A new survey from the Northern California Cancer Center and the Asian Health Services of Oakland is one of the first such surveys to focus on this understudied workforce.

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For Some Cancers, Incidence Rates Are Increasing Among All Racial/Ethnic Groups